Rocky Plain SA 5381
7 addresses · 4 streets
Grey Electorate › Goyder LGA › Rocky Plain · 112 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Rocky Plain is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 8 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $225 a week, with median rent near $100 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, German, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goyder statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rocky Plain itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 11.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 11.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rocky Plain
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rocky Plain
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rocky Plain
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rocky Plain
| Australian | 8 |
|---|---|
| German | 8 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Rocky Plain
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rocky Plain
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Rocky Plain
| Car | 0 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
208 bird observations recorded near Rocky Plain — most often seen:
- White-winged Chough (16)
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Australian Ringneck (13)
- Galah (12)
- Western Striated Pardalote (11)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (10)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (10)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Striated Pardalote (7)
- European Common Starling (6)
- Little Raven (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rocky Plain
- South-eastern Hooded Robin (6)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (6)
- Weebill (6)
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Jacky Winter (5)
- Mallee Ringneck (5)
- Mulga Parrot (5)
- Red Wattlebird (5)
- Australian Raven (4)
- Black-capped Sittella (4)
- Common Bronzewing (4)
- Eastern Galah (4)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (4)
- South-east Southern Whiteface (4)
- Southern Magpie-lark (4)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (4)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Rocky Plain:
- Geranium Plains (6.3 km)
- Australia Plains (7.3 km)
- Robertstown (8.2 km)
- Point Pass (11 km)
- Bright (13 km)
- Peep Hill (14.5 km)
- Ngapala (14.9 km)
- Brady Creek (15.1 km)
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Streets
- Back Road (2)
- Bower Road (1)
- Plains Road (3)
- Rocky Plains Road (1)